Minnesota 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Minnesota 1956 presidential election with 719,302 votes (53.7%), a margin of R+7.6. Minnesota's 10 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

46.1%

53.7%

617,525

Democratic Candidate (46.1%)

719,302

Republican Candidate (53.7%)

Total Votes: 1,340,005|Margin: R+7.6

County Results

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County Results (87 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Red Lake County	D+33.0	D+3.5	D+4.4	2,345	D+17.0%
Mahnomen County	D+26.7	R+3.8	R+3.4	2,392	D+18.6%
Roseau County	D+23.3	R+11.7	R+19.4	4,973	D+15.2%
St. Louis County	D+21.7	D+31.4	D+38.6	102,723	R+1.7%
Carlton County	D+21.7	D+27.4	D+30.4	10,677	D+0.6%
Lake County	D+19.9	D+20.9	D+37.8	5,143	R+11.9%
Clearwater County	D+19.4	D+0.9	R+3.7	3,650	D+16.5%
Lake of the Woods County	D+18.3	R+14.4	R+13.9	1,777	D+7.5%
Kittson County	D+17.2	R+13.1	R+3.2	3,798	D+4.3%
Swift County	D+17.0	D+4.4	D+9.8	6,365	D+20.5%
Marshall County	D+16.0	R+14.8	R+11.7	6,007	D+21.7%
Itasca County	D+15.3	D+16.9	D+10.3	15,178	R+0.8%
Koochiching County	D+14.5	D+9.1	D+10.0	6,468	R+5.0%
Kandiyohi County	D+11.3	R+2.4	R+6.3	12,305	D+12.1%
Big Stone County	D+11.3	R+3.3	D+4.5	3,925	D+14.8%
Anoka County	D+11.1	D+14.2	D+3.8	21,092	R+0.3%
Pennington County	D+10.1	R+8.3	R+9.6	5,359	D+8.7%
Pine County	D+8.9	D+12.6	D+7.5	7,041	D+15.9%
Traverse County	D+8.0	R+10.4	R+2.7	3,198	D+9.5%
Norman County	D+7.9	D+1.3	D+1.1	5,081	D+18.8%
Polk County	D+7.6	R+10.7	R+10.0	14,853	D+14.5%
Lincoln County	D+5.8	R+11.7	R+2.1	4,390	D+24.2%
Isanti County	D+5.2	D+9.0	R+2.5	4,959	D+10.8%
Ramsey County	D+4.2	D+19.7	D+19.2	169,039	R+6.1%
Grant County	D+1.0	R+5.4	R+6.1	4,177	D+20.5%
Becker County	D+0.1	R+12.4	R+16.0	9,251	D+12.4%
Aitkin County	R+0.5	D+3.7	D+7.0	5,504	D+12.8%
Dakota County	R+1.7	D+2.9	R+5.7	25,839	R+1.8%
Mower County	R+1.9	D+12.9	D+21.5	18,890	D+5.2%
Beltrami County	R+2.1	D+6.1	D+0.4	7,797	D+5.9%
Yellow Medicine County	R+2.5	R+15.8	R+11.6	7,018	D+13.2%
Chippewa County	R+2.7	R+13.4	R+12.9	7,060	D+13.6%
Pope County	R+2.8	R+10.3	R+5.2	5,309	D+17.5%
Freeborn County	R+3.3	R+1.5	D+5.2	14,781	D+9.5%
Morrison County	R+4.0	D+4.5	R+9.6	9,727	D+10.1%
Jackson County	R+4.6	R+4.7	D+4.6	6,784	D+19.8%
Clay County	R+5.6	R+6.7	R+5.8	12,855	D+11.9%
Kanabec County	R+5.8	D+2.8	R+6.4	3,693	D+6.6%
Lac qui Parle County	R+7.4	R+8.9	R+0.8	6,108	D+10.1%
Crow Wing County	R+9.0	R+7.0	R+13.1	12,243	R+0.4%
Scott County	R+9.4	D+0.5	R+14.1	7,598	D+3.2%
Murray County	R+9.5	R+4.7	R+0.7	5,971	D+21.2%
Douglas County	R+9.9	R+15.6	R+24.5	9,320	D+13.2%
Hennepin County	R+10.2	D+8.8	D+3.5	333,112	R+2.8%
Lyon County	R+10.6	R+1.8	R+14.1	9,386	D+9.1%
Wilkin County	R+10.8	R+17.7	R+25.2	4,218	D+20.3%
Chisago County	R+11.1	D+9.8	D+3.1	6,153	D+9.9%
Mille Lacs County	R+11.7	D+6.5	R+3.5	5,941	D+5.8%
Washington County	R+12.3	D+5.3	R+0.9	17,056	R+2.8%
Nobles County	R+12.6	R+0.0	R+2.7	9,241	D+18.2%
Todd County	R+13.3	R+12.2	R+17.1	8,981	D+19.0%
Renville County	R+15.2	R+14.2	R+16.6	9,958	D+12.2%
Benton County	R+15.8	R+2.0	R+16.1	6,216	D+3.8%
Le Sueur County	R+17.1	R+2.7	R+8.6	8,599	D+9.5%
Meeker County	R+17.2	R+7.9	R+13.9	8,097	D+16.7%
Stevens County	R+17.7	R+11.2	R+13.9	4,430	D+17.3%
Cass County	R+18.6	R+12.2	R+16.1	6,765	D+5.2%
Wright County	R+18.9	D+0.3	R+10.4	12,213	D+10.7%
Sherburne County	R+19.7	D+1.4	R+11.4	4,487	D+7.3%
Pipestone County	R+21.6	R+13.1	R+11.9	5,533	D+23.5%
Winona County	R+23.2	R+2.3	R+11.0	15,893	D+6.2%
Cook County	R+23.5	R+12.2	R+3.8	1,748	D+7.0%
Hubbard County	R+25.5	R+17.7	R+24.3	3,913	D+13.2%
Wadena County	R+27.2	R+20.5	R+27.3	4,767	D+10.2%
Stearns County	R+27.6	R+5.9	R+18.0	27,257	D+2.0%
Dodge County	R+27.7	R+16.9	R+22.6	5,025	D+14.3%
Goodhue County	R+30.6	R+3.8	R+12.5	14,353	D+4.1%
Rice County	R+30.7	D+6.6	D+2.0	12,984	D+5.9%
Olmsted County	R+31.5	R+21.3	R+26.3	21,012	D+4.8%
Faribault County	R+31.8	R+24.7	R+17.4	10,465	D+10.6%
Otter Tail County	R+32.0	R+22.9	R+23.3	19,375	D+18.5%
Steele County	R+32.2	R+19.0	R+26.7	9,764	D+10.0%
Redwood County	R+32.4	R+31.4	R+33.8	9,006	D+12.4%
Cottonwood County	R+32.6	R+16.6	R+16.3	6,968	D+11.1%
Nicollet County	R+33.7	R+7.6	R+12.6	7,966	D+4.3%
Fillmore County	R+34.3	R+21.6	R+18.5	10,440	D+18.1%
Wabasha County	R+34.3	R+13.5	R+15.4	7,068	D+5.3%
Rock County	R+34.5	R+18.8	R+15.1	4,862	D+14.6%
Blue Earth County	R+35.1	R+4.0	R+9.2	16,886	D+5.9%
Watonwan County	R+35.4	R+18.0	R+18.4	5,861	D+8.8%
Waseca County	R+35.5	R+13.6	R+21.8	6,889	D+4.3%
Houston County	R+36.0	R+24.9	R+23.1	6,680	D+12.9%
McLeod County	R+37.4	R+20.2	R+28.1	9,828	D+7.0%
Sibley County	R+38.6	R+25.4	R+25.1	6,842	D+9.3%
Martin County	R+42.4	R+22.4	R+21.9	11,456	D+13.1%
Brown County	R+44.3	R+22.2	R+30.3	11,059	D+0.1%
Carver County	R+45.3	R+17.8	R+27.8	8,589	D+5.7%

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